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Cured of Drinking.

"a Young friend ofmine was cured of an
Unsuitable thirst for liquor that had so pros
trated his system that he was unable to do
any business. He was entirely cured by
the use of Hop Bitters. 1t alayed all that
burning thirst; took away the appetite for
liquor made his nerves steady; and he has
remained a steady and sober man for more
than two years, and has no desire to return
to his cups, and know OF a number of
others that have been cured of drinking by
it."-From leading X. r. Official. Chi
cago, iii. INCH lOeod&w6m ch2w
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MISS A. C. MQRGANs SCHOG

FOR YOUNG LADIES, POTtsuou . < betpsfl
reopens Sept. 22d. j. G.WHITTIER say ..nod ocsb
healthier and pleasanter place FOR . -
soarsely be found In New england" -AS 4
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sGriswold & Gillett.
swALL ST., NEW YORK.
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PENSIONS and PATENTs

Soldiers believing themselves entitled to Pension
or to an Increase Of Pension. write to the under
signed lae OF 10th Me- Vols.1 for iull information
from inventors and others desiring to obtain Patents
Trade. Marks, Labels or Designs will be answered
tree Of charge. Kennebec County references fur
nished. THOS. s. HOPKINS, Attorney. At Iav. IA
Eighth b. N. W.. Warrington. D. C.
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Prejudice Kills.

ELEVEN years our daughter suffered on
bed OF misery under the care Of several
Of the best physicians, who gave her dis
ease various names but no relief, and now
she is restored to us in good health by Hop
Bitters, that we had poohed at two years
before using it. We earnestly hope and
pray that no one else will let their sick
suffer as we did. on account OF prejudice
against 30 good a medicine as Hop Bit
tiers. ''-THe Parents-GOOG IempldrS.
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Door BUTTOMERS wANTED--Hand
- bottomers; also hand peggers, heelers etc., on
steady work guaranteed; factory running in all de
partments without trouble. Apply at Factory,
worcester Mass, or at saesroom, lo3 Bedford ST.,
Boston, on Wednesdays or Saturdays. GODDARD,
FAY 4 STONE. nchlSeod1t
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Augusta Gas Light COMPANY.
NOTICE.

Until the new office of the Comna,v IL u..,, g..
occupancy (about April lst) the business OF the
0tGnpany VIII De transacted at their Temporary
Onn hocm z, Williams Block, No. i67 Water ST.
services notices Of deficiency OF gas or leak
SHOULD De left at this Office Consumers are re-
o,da 10 promptly report faults of any Character
nours' IL A. N. to u NJ. and to 2 r. NJ
Ar.,..S ~ EUGENE H. YORKE, Supt.
Aakosts, Me- Feb. r., 1852. A1nufa166Gn1 mchidtf
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Milan. Del. Feb. 10. 1886.

MflIOn, De-, Eco. TO, 1850.
Having used Hop Btters, the noted rem
edy for debility, nervousness, Indigestion.
ETC., have no hesitation in saying that it
10 indeed an excellent medicine and rec.
ommend it to any one as q truly tonic bit
ters. Respectfully.
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4 MEDICINE, NOT A DRINK.
High Authority.

Hop Bitters is not. in any sense, an al
eoholic beverage or liquor, and could not
be sold, for use, except to persons desir-
Gus of obtaining medicinal bitters.
GREEN b. RAUM,
U. Com'r Internal Rev.
Washington, d. c.. Sept "a, 1884.
Dear Sir-Why don't you get certifi-
cate from Col. w. H. W., Of Baltimore,
showing how he cured himself of drunken
ness by the help of Hop Bitters. His is
wonderful case. He is well known in Roch
ester. N. Y. by all the drinking people
there. He is known in this city, Cincin-
natl. New Orleans, New York, in fact all
over the country, as he has spent thous-
ands of dollars for rum. honestly believe
his card would be worth thousands of dol
lars to you in this city and Baltimore alone,
and make thousands of sober men by in
ducing the use of your bitters. J. "A. w.
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Rev. Mrs. J. ii. ELLGOoD.


Bctpt0, " T., Dec I, 1857.
| am the pastor of the Baptist church
here and an educated physician. am not
in practice, but am my sole family physi-
clan, and advise in chronic eases. Over
year ago | recommended your Hop Bitters
to my invalid wife, who has been under
medical treatment of Albany's best physi
clans several years. She has been greatly
benefited, and still uses the medicine. |
believe she will become thoroughly cured
OF her various complicated diseases by
their use. We both recommend them to
our friends many Of whom have also been
cured of their various ailments by them.
Rev. f. Il. WARREN
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-11-25
Miss Hubb's Romance.

In May. 1884, during the stIswberrv
season, Miss Petina Y. Hubbs, a pret,y
young woman living in Desota, was v,s
itiDg an aunt living at Mill Greek IN
Union county, LII. Miss Hubbs picked
a box of Strawberries one day, on which
she wrote:
CARBOSDALE, III.
This box contains the sweetest berris.
shipped this season. / know this to he
true, for i picked them with nv Or
hands. PErINA HUBS.
The box. with others. was shipDed in
due time 20 Chicago, and nothing mora
was thought of the affair. About .
month later, however, Miss Hubbs "a
ceived letter from young gentlemen
in Beloit, Kansas, signing his nsms
William Busby. He said that while +,
Chicago he had purchased the boy cf
berries which she had written On ana
also requested the privilege OF cora.
spending with the lady. The reopss,
was granted, and in a short time tbs
couple engaged in very interestin,
correspondence. In the course Of tire
the young man made a declaration n,
love, and the result was finally MAJ.
riage in the following year in Kansas
The union was a happy one for q year
Notwithstanding the fact that young
Busby was poor man, working a.
day labOrer to support himself and wife
At the end Of the year the couple Vera
| oveTjoyed when it was learned III,
/ Busby had fallen heir to $4,000 Ise
I him by an uncle in Scotland. II beir,
necessary for Busby to return 10 Scot
| land 10 obtain his inheritance, it was
| agreed by husband and wife that Mrs
Busby should return to Desota to yisr,
her widowed mother, and there await
the return Of her husband.
Months passed, during which TINA
Busy had returned from Scotland to bfs
prairie home, being in actual possession
Of over $4,000, which be was lavisbIv
/ spending in Beloit. The wife learn "a
of her husbands safe return, and wro,e
numerous letters 10 him, to which sbs
received no answer. Doubling that h.
had returned and that be really had
come into possessions of such a fortune
she wrote to the postmaster at Belolt
for information, who Immediately as
suTed her OF her husbands good fo--
tune, or his presence IN that town and
( added that ali letters she had addressed
him had beer promptly delivered 70
/ Busby in person.
For the first time the former straw.
berry picker began 10 doubt the gen.
uiueness Of her husbands fidelity since
the acquisition of riches. Her gpoy.
| neys say the lady has discovered othsr
startling aud disagTeaable things con.
cerning her husband, and that she has
taken steps TO secure a divorce.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-11-25

A SINGULAR ACCIDENTAL special
from LouisVille, KY, says "A very
peculiar accident occurred on a farm
just beyond THE Point' the other
morning. Mr.. Simpson bought lot of
dynamite cartridges and was ergo red
in blowing up sIumps in his yard. He
had lot OF hogs roaming about the
place. Near the noon hour his family.
who were at dinner, were startled by a
loud report, and, hurrying to the wiz
dow to find the cause, saw a cloud Of
dust arise from the ground. An inyes-
tigation showed that two hogs and one
horse were blown to atoms. 1t is SUD.
posed that one of the hogs had swallow
ed dynamite cartridge. a farm hand
saw the horse kick one OF the hogs in
the belly, and the very next instant the
explosion followed. There was no
trace OF the hog left, and hole several
feet in depth was left in the ground
The other animals were left dead on the
sod. The shock was very violent and
was heard several miles from the scene
a number of window glasses were shat
tered and the family much alarmed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-11-25

Bran is so light that 1t is PECULIARLY
believed that there is Ilrtle substance
or value in It. 10 warm msshss for
cows It gives a great increase in the
milk yield, ss every farmer knows.
Most Of them account for this, how
ever, by the belief that milk is so
largely water. and that the water which
cows dIInk with the bran is mainly re-
spons!bie for the increasing supply of
milk. But the substance in both milk
aud bran is greatly underestimate.
MIX. even after the cream l. removed
Is very nourishlng food, and the nutri-
ment is Of kind that the bran is pecu-
larry adapted TO supply, IL supplies
the proteme which appears in the aIbu-
mes OF milk. Precisely the same kind
of materials are required 10 give
strength to working horses. Those who
feed bran 10 horses largely are mos, IN
favor OF it. One of us advantages is in
keeping the horse from becoming con-
stipa;ed on dry feed and grain. 1t is a
cheap and valuable feed for horses ut
any time, ard especially while changing
lhelI coats IN the Spring.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-11-25
Ginger.

The ginger plant, is q native Of The
East Indies, but IS now raised in the
West Indies, Sierra Leone, and through.
ont the warmer parts OF America. I.
is { kind of o. ~aed and grows in damp
and even a py soil to the height Of
, or three fe . It has feshy straw
stalk which grows under ground, Ike
that Of the iris, or sweet flag.
These flsshY root stocks are dug ID
yearly after the stems wither. The dig
ing is done in January OF February.
They are cleaned, then gradually scald-
ing hot water; then they ara exposed TO
the sun until fairly dried. Afterwards
they are put into bags which hold ab0u;
one hundred pounds each and sent to
market. For table use and Tor medicine
the plants must be four years old.
Ginger is made white by removing
the epidermis. washing, scraplng, and
bleaching each root and drying it in he
air without scalding.
a preserve is made by taking plants
about four month old, when they RIs
young and tender, and boiling their
roots in sugar, then it is put into jars
and covered with a thin syrup, which Is
poured off in few days, and a thicker
syrup put on. This last syrup is also
poured off. and a still thicker one put
on. Sometimes this process is repeated
four times. These syrups are used iCr
a cooling drink after they are poured of,
by being diluted with water.
GinC'r is used both for cooking and
medicine. 1t has an aromatic odOT and
spicy and pungent taste. Large quan.
titles OF the preserve are brought from
China.
AS a medicine ginger is stimulsti7s
and carmlnattve and is a remedy and
tonic for the digestive organs.
The Jamsca ginger extract is an aico.
holic tincture and is sometimes used tr
drink by toDers who can get noting
else.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-11-25
The Old Mush Pot.

Mush and milk is generally esteemed
a wholesome and palstable dish. In
our maturer years we have found il to
be such, but when we were younp If
didn't taste that way. Many q time
did our loving parents, anxious for our
Eealth, insist it was the bes, food a
growing boy could eat but we would
not be convinced, and often went to bed
without our supper rather than eat our
dish OF hssty padding. But there Gas
one thing about it we did Iike-tbs
"scrGppings." But these we couldn't
get-only few bites occasionally. inst
enough to make Us wish for more-for
father had a mortgage On chem, and Ms.
ually reserved them for himseIt In
memory we can see him now, sitting be-
lore the old-fasioned blazing wood fire.
with she mush pot between his feet.
patiently digging the scrapings loose
with case knife and breaking them in
small pieces into his bowl OF rich milk.
and then, with half closed eve, and a
dreamy, far-away look. leisurely eating
the dainty repast. In our opinion that
was dish fit for king. We hayen,t a
great deal of this worlds goods. and
have worked hard for what we possess
but we would freely give half of ali we
own to live over again one of those
nights, and again see father eating the
'crspings from the old musa pot.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-11-25
Two Anecdotes OF Soldiers Who Lost
Their Courage When Bullets Flew.

Major J. II. Skelton related in our
hearing the following diverting Incl
dents of the sanguinary battle OF Sharps-
burg or Antietam.
General BarksdaIe drew his brigade
up in line aad addressed them in sub
stances as follows:
Men, upon this battle hangs, in all
probability, the destiny of the Confed-
eracy, the destiny of our beloved homes,
the destiny of our property, the destiny
of our fathers, OF ous mothers, of our
wives, of our sweethearts ; then let ev-
cry man of US be hero OF strife and
acquit ourselves like men. If there be
a man among you that possesses none of
the precious things that 1 have just en-
umerated and feels that he has nothing
to battle for, If he will step 10 the front
l will give him permission TO retire to
ignominious safety
At this juncture tW 20 lean, lank. dirt
eating looking shadows of men stepped
to the font, and one of them, in nasal
tones, drawled out:
"Gen'rul mem him." pointing to his
eomrade, '-hain't got no home, no pap
py, no nanny. no wife, no sweetheart,
an nary nIgger-kin We go ?''
The General looked at them with
whitening scorn for few seconds, and
then pointing to the woods In the rear,
thundered, "Git - And they got.
While the battle was at its height and
the cannons' thunder fairly made the
ground quake, and the shells and grape
shot shrieked through the murky air like
yeritable demons, General "Ranse''
Wright saw fellow running ont of the
fight like scared 5abbit. The General
drew his pistol, and, putting spurs to
his horse. intercepted the recreant SOL
dier and shouted to him:
go back to your place, sir; go back,
or I'll shoot you -
The frightened sku!ker yelled back :
''ShoO. and be-tO you them fellers
hev got d-sight bigger guns than
you hev - and darting under the Gen
erals horses belly, incontinently took
to his heels.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-11-25
ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH.

Hardly week passes without the men
ton blythe newspapers ofsudden deaths, and
Of late the alarming frequency Of the state
rlent that death was caused by rheumatism
OF neuralgia Of the heart cannot fail TO have
bccnnU.iced. In - probability many deaths
attributed u heart disease are caused by
these terrible diseases, which are far more
dangerous Than l. generally considered. Is
there any positive cure? The best answer
tosuch question Is given by those who hare
been cured by the use OF Athlophoros.
Greenfield, Mass, May Is, 1886.
have been troubled with rheumatism
n ore Of my knees for years, being at times
laid III, for several days. Athlophoros has
entirely cured me 1t has also cured two
friends Of mine who were the worst cases
ever saw, one OF them young man only
l6 wears old, who was 50 bad the doctors
gave him up. Two bottles OF your remedy
entirely cured him.
GEO. W. SPURR, Mgr Diamond Soap Co.
October II, 1885.
Two bottles OF Athlophoros cured me of
inilammatory rheumatism. My family
physician adviscd me to take II, saying he
had done all he could, but could not give
me any relief; but Athlophoros drove It
away, and l am happy to say ii has never
come back. My daughter was also cured
BY half bottle after suffering the pangs
Of rheumatism. Mrs. JANE Dowe;EY,
2i Pleasant St., Waterbury, Conn.
Northampton, Mass, May q, 1886.
For many years | have been subject ts
rheumatism in its worst forms. During my
last siege OF sickness / was induced 10 try
Athiophoros, and found it to be all it
claimed to be, a cure for rheumatism.
LEVI I. CLARK.
Every druggist should keep Athlophoros
and Athlophoros Pills, but where they can
not be bought of the druggist the Athlo-
phoros Co, liz Wall St., New York, will
send either Carriage Paid) on receipt of
regular price, which is Sl.OO per bottle
for Athlophoros and soc for Pills.
For liver and kidney diseases, dyspepsia, in
digestion, weakness, nervous debility, diseases
of women, constipation, headache, impure
blood. &c, Athlophoros Pills are Unequaled. 8
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-11-25

AN OLD But COOP BIBLE STORY
Nick Biddle was wit as well as T.
nancier. During . session OF the Penn.
sylyGnis Legislature, away back in the
forties, bill was up appropriating 8
large sum for continueing ths Stats in
pTovements. An honest but unlesIna
member from Berks county was hOstil'
to the bill and, in fact, opposed 20 al
State improvements. He knew i5s
wishes of his constituents, and little
else. While the bill WAS under cOnsd'
GRAFTON Mr.. Biddle moved an ir0nica
amendment appropristing $1,000 ia
the Improvement OF the Alime1ta4
Canal The member from BeIks vs.
instantly on his feet, declaring his Paf
pose to oppose any appropriation for !l'
AlimentaIy of any other canal Il'
amendment was instantly withdraw
amid the general mirth Of the menOS''
at the expense OF the Honest MENUS
from Berks.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-11-25
Grand Canyon OF Colorado.

A correspondent of the New York
Nation writing of his visit TO the Grand
CANYON of Colorado. Speaking Of Dia-
moud Greek. says
Just in front Of the hotel a portion OF
this creek, about half mile in length,
disappears every day towards noon, al
though above ard below this place it
flows. merriIy and sbundantIy. About
ten O'Clock at night the water suddenly
returns TO the deserted portion of its bed.
Mr.. Farlee had repeatedly dug down
many feet TO find the subterranean
brook-bed, but in vain. Il almost seems
as if the water, after leaving the cool
Diamond canon, were afraid of being
absorbed by the superheated air in the
I open space in which the hotel is situa-
/ ted. and therefore concealed itself IN
I derground.
! Possibly there may be poetic Indian
/ legend accounting in soma such manner
/ for the fact that even the broad and
/ rapid Colorado river has in this region
| dug its way into the bowels CT the
| earth until the mountains which form
its banks tower more than a mile above
its surface. Yet, after all, there lies
more poetic and sublimity in the scien-
tifc account of the manner in which
the soft water has, by ininitesimsl de-
grees, worn its channel through these
hard rocks, and even through the hard
lava with which Major Powell thinks
3 n c-ir- hoe
What a conflict OF water and FIRE there
must have been here Just be some
what disappointed at first sight of this
river. It is about mile flOm Farlee's
hotel and is reached by following Dia-
mond Creek, which empties into it. In
comparing the mud color of the Colora-
do with the crystalline to what the lat
ter owes its name. Rapid the Colorado
is, and broad, and its walls rise TO the
Insight of mile. but they slope aud re-
cede towards the background, and in
vain does tourist look for the granite
prison walls'' rising abruptly from the
edge Of the water, and almost meeting
above SO to shut out the daylight, thei1
sides adorned with floating clouds and
with the water falls and cascades of trib.
utary streams
Yet in truth it is foolish to look fol
all these things to expect that all the
wonders of Mr.. PoWell's long tour
should be concentrated in one place foI
the convenience of tourists The SAD
fact is, that the most sublime portions
nf no of
BILE except TO those who are willing t.
undergo the same dangers and hard
ships as Major Powell. One can readi
ly believe the legends OF traveller:
: wandering along the brink Of the cau-
non for DAYS and ''perishing with thlrs
at last in sight of the river which wa
: roaring its mockeTy into dying ears. >
Powell himself once spent four day!
tring TO get down 10 the river.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-11-25
Women quarrel IN Church.

A very serious and sensational fight
occurred between the female members
of the Methodist Church at Horse Neck,
little hamlet in Jackson county. w.
Va. The irate women were arrested, ,
and at the hearing before the Justice
of the Peace OF the district, the follow
ing Facts were brought out
While the pastor Of the church was
in the midst of his sunday morning SER
mon Miss Amanda GauIr and Mrs.
Malheny, who occupied adjoining pews,
became involved in a quarrel, and as the
hot words disturbed the services Mrs.
Geo. Malone, a sister of Miss Gault.
inteTfered and attempted TO stop the
discussion, which only added to the
rage of the quarreling women. and one
of them drawing a pocket knife rushed
at the peace maker. BY this time the
congregation was in an uproar, and
half dozen men and women had pushed
forward to help the combatants, and
blows were being struck right and left.
Mrs. Malheny succeeded in reaching
Mrs. Malone and inflicted a terrible cut
upon the upper part of her body with
the pocket knife. The woman fell, but
almost immediately regained her feet.
and being handed knife by some par
tisan in tho excited crowd, she endesy-
ored to stab her assailant. This was
prevented, and as the conbatants had
by this time about exhausted themselves.
the couusels OF the more conservative
element prevailed and the wounded
woman was conveyed to her home.
Several OF the woman have been put
under bonds to keep the peace, and Mrs.
Malhely will probably be indicted for
ASA ult with intent to kill.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-11-25
The Annual Devil Festival in China.

The DeYil Festival is said to have
originated in a legend Of the mother
Of fabulous person, Mullen she was
about the wickedest person then in ex-
Istence. there being no crime which
she left uncom mitted After her
death, she appeared one night to her
son Mullen, with heavy wooden col
lar around her neck, and she narrowed
his soul with the tale of her sufferings
in the lower regions. She said she
was enduring the penalty OF her un-
numbered sins during her earthly life
and pleaded with her son to deliver
her out OF the hands of Pluto. This
TO him seemed an almost Impossible
task, as no human being can enter the
dark regions and return alive.
She told him that he must bscome a
Buddhist priest, and that there was a
door II a certain Buddhist temple
which he could open and so let out the
prisoners from the shades below. The
his mother, and sought out well
known Buddhist priest in a certain fla
nous temple and asked to be admit
ted as a novice. AS his life was pure
the priest willingly admitted him.
After having been there several months
and learned all the Buddhist prayers. he
sought out the door that led to the lower
shades, whittier the wicked ones had
gone, sDd, remembering his mother's
instructions, he knocked open the door.
The Judge Pluto being always willing
to release his victims upon the inter
cesslon OF saints, he has set all his
prisoners fres for a certain length OF
time every year, beginning on the 18th
OF the seventh moon, ever since the
tlme when st. Mullen knocked open the
door.
1t has become customary for the peo-
pie throughout the country, in the
seventh moon OF every year, to worship
their ancestors, whose spirits are then
81 large. The annual Devil Festival
held by the Cantonese and Fuhkienese
began to-day by theatricals, ETC., at
their cemetery below Hsing Hua Chun.
1t will last three days and three nights.
The people from Canton and Fuhkien
provinces are not few, AID those whose
remsirs are buried here are numerous.
L he amount OF paper clothes, money,
etc., burned to the departed is conse-
quentiy veIy great. The spectators of
theatrical plays rush In from every
part OF the city. The streets are en-
llvened by numerous passing mule cVrts
and Jinricksh as Chinese !Shih Pao.